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Through this blog I will explain some of the best, some of the worst, and some of the most middle ground concerts I have been able to attend. Of course every concert is an experience, but there are occasionally those that truly do blow a concert-goers mind, and are pretty much unforgettable. Our first example is the fabulous DJ -- Greg Gillis, also known as Girl Talk.
Girl talk started out as a time slot filler for us as, at the time,
we weren't well acquainted with his music. I want to bold that, because, since the concert, we have become fans. If you go to one of his shows, you will surely see why. In the beginning, he hypes everyone up, stands on whatever is in a nearby radius, and then sets everyone on stage loose with toilet paper guns, tons of confetti, and the brightest lights you've ever seen, mixing artists Like Phoenix, Queen, and Vampire weekend with rappers like Ludacris, Biggie Smalls, and countless other famous rap and hiphop artists. One would look at that at face value and think, "How honestly could that work?" Well, honestly, it seemed like magic. Some of it shouldn't have worked...
but it did. This was one of those concerts where, when the beat would slow down, you would slow down your dancing, exasperated as all get out, but when the beat dropped again no less than 3 seconds later, you couldn't keep that pace... you honestly wanted to dance until your legs gave out. It was an awesome ambiance.
I mean... you know it was good when most of the pictures turn out blurry because I couldn't stop dancing! There were giant bags of balloons thrown into the audience, assorted inflatable things, streams of toilet paper shot into the audience, confetti everywhere, and people in all kinds of masks and assorted outfits on stage. It was a party on -and- off the stage! There was literally music for every taste, and I don't think there was a moment where I didn't hear at least one person yell "Dude, that's my jam!". I got excited, of course, over Phoenix's "1901" and Vampire Weekend's "A-Punk" mixed with assorted hip hop artists. Indie has never been more danceable! Not only were the sets vicious and the ambiance fabulous, but Gillis himself is quite the showman. He gets everyone pumped and says something along the lines of "I know my time is up, but I'm going for a second encore." Talking about how he didn't care about those folks backstage wanting to stop the party.. he was having none of it. Everyone knows that a party isn't a party till there was a sense of rebellion, and everyone there was having the time of their lives. The Black Keys were the ending show at Firefly this year, after Gillis's set... there wasn't a person there that was extremely thrilled with the keys after leaving Girl Talk's set. It was like running 500 miles and cooling down with a stretch.
For any of you out there running through music blogs trying to plan a lineup, I think you should ALWAYS make Girl Talk the last show of the night if he is on your lineup, because no other show is going to match that energy, and that is a promise. My sister and I are, in fact, planning to go to the Midtown Music Festival in Atlanta soon if all goes as planned. The main act we are going to see? Believe it or not, it isn't Pearl Jam or Foo Fighters (though they are high on the list though, no doubt!)
but we really do want to go party with Girl Talk again, and join the biggest party of any music festival we have ever been to (and this is in comparison to Bassnectar and Skrillex... dubstep parties are great, but as far as the whole shabang, this is the biggest party you could imagine!).
All we can do is sit back and enjoy the genius that is Girl Talk and how he can put one hell of a set together. If he is in a town near you, go! There's a reason that this act that many don't know, but should, (glad we stumbled upon him!) is going on the list of favorite acts that we -have- to see again! Look forward to more Best and Worst concert blog sets from us!
Much Love,
xoxoxo
Karma
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